Purpose
Strengths and Weaknesses
Key Words
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What is Reader's Response?

The critical lens in which the method of literary criticism is analyzing text for personal connections.

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an act in which the author leaves the interpretation of a work open, resulting in the various understandings of readers all being correct.

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Name one strength of the theory.

  • Open to creativity

  • Subject to reader’s own personal Experiences

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Define Reader in terms of Reader's Response.
Responsible for making the meaning within the text.
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What is the role of the reader in this lens?
To bring meaning to the text and connect to it through personal experience.
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Name one weakness of the theory?

  • Can lead to over analyzation 

  • Can misinterpret true meaning of text

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Who is the Implied Reader?
Who the text is targeting, can be found through diction and narration.
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What is the purpose of Reader's Response?
To formulate the reader's own opinion and analysis of a text based on personal connections.
300
True or false: Every response is equally valid.
False
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Define Affective Stylistics.

Reader must rely on their own subjective/affective reaction to understand the text.

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Does whether or not the reader like the text factor into Reader's Response?
Yes it does.
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Should readers be prepared to support and defend their argument?
They should
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What is the significance of an interpretive community?
It influences the way the reader interprets the text and allows them to build new ideas.
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Name one typical question to ask your self while reading a literary piece in this lens as written on the slide.
How does the interaction of text and reader create meaning? Does the sounds/shapes of the words as they appear on the page or how they are spoken by the reader enhance the meaning of the work? How might we interpret a literary text to show that the reader's response is, or is similar to, the topic of the story? What does the criticism published about a text suggest about the critics who interpreted that text?
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Can the reader over analyze the text? Why or Why not?
Yes, as it may lead the reader to not explore the true meaning of the text.
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What is subjective criticism.

Reader's shouldn't force themselves to find one significance, instead embrace the individuality that can be applied to analysis.

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